“None of it’s true. I’m on the edge. It makes me want to kill myself but I’d never do that. I’m scared I’ll die lonely and alone.”

Karen Matthews, right, was convicted of kidnapping her daughter Shannon, left (Picture: PA)

Matthews was sentenced to eight years in prison for kidnapping, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice, but was released in April 2012 after serving half her sentence.

Shannon was reported missing on February 19, 2008, then found more than a month later after a huge police operation at the home of Michael Donovan, the uncle of Matthews’s boyfriend, Craig Meehan. The girl had been tied up and drugged to prevent her escaping.